Cushion device for shoes.



J. A. MURENA.

CUSHION DEVICE FOR SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1913.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

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JOSEPH A. MURENA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed m 16, 1913. Serial No. 768,108..

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that T, JosnPH' AHMURENA, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Yew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cushion Devices insole of the shoe for holding the-cushion against creeping longitudinally.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a side view of a shoe, showing a part thereof broken away and illustrating the application of the cushion in the heel; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof; and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises a cushion 1 constructed of rubber-and provided with concentrically arranged inner supporting ribs 2 and an outer substantiallyoval rib 3, all of the ribs being of a diminishing height toward the front of the shoe, while the body of the cushion is curved longitudinally so as to' adapt itself to the formation of the heel and the adjacent portion of the instep of the insole, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The rubber body forming the cushion has a forward extension 4 overlying the inner portion of the insole immediately at the instep or at the point of juncture thereof with the heel. Astrip' of leather 5 of a config uration in plan conforming with that of the rubber cushion overlies the latter and at the forward end said material is extended directly over the portion d of the cushion and Specification of Letters Patent.

the heel and shocks and connection with Patented Feb, 9, W115.

riveted thereto, as at.6. A relatively flexible strip of material 7, such as metal is extended beneath the portion 4 of the cushion and secured thereto by" rivets 6 above referred to. This strip forms a securing means whereby the cushion may be properly held within the shoe at a point directly over positively secured against longitudinal creeping orv accidental derange-v ment. The ends of the strip 7 are extended beyond the sides of the cushioning device, as at 8, providing bendable portions which may be folded under the insole of the shoe, as clearly illustratedin Fig. 4 of the drawing. From this construction it is evident I that the ribs 2 and 3 of the main body member of the device serve to yieldingly support the heel of the foot and to correctly absorb jars whichv maybe imparted to the shoe. It is obviously seen that through the provision of the metallic strip 7 the de vice may be readily attached to any form of shoe without, necessitating changing the construction thereof. While the strip 7 is especially desirable for use in connection with a cushion of the'character described,

it is stated that the same maybe used in connection with arch supporters and the ends of the strip connected with the insole so as to hold the supporter against shifting in the shoe.

From the foregoing description, taken in the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be ,readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended explanation. Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what claim is The herein described cushioning device a for shoes comprising va yieldable cushion shaped to fit in the heel and having a forward extension to bear on and partly overlap the shank of the shoe, a cover of flexible material on the cushion, acontinuous metallic strip arranged transversely of the forward extension of the cushion and between the same and the corresponding part of the cover, said metallic strip being spaced In testimony whereof I affix my signature from the extreme front end of the cover arid in presence of two Witnesses.

having bendable ends extending beyond t e sides of the cushion and arranged to be re- JOSEPH MURENA' 5 movably inserted under the insole, and Witnesses:

fastening devlces securing said cover, strip SAM LEVIN, and OllShlOIl together. GEORGE LATOUR. 

